Forum English Literature & Culture

Here's the poster for the event that will take place tomorrow and Friday at UFRN. Dr Sandra Erickson is in charge of it, and all lovers of Literature (& culture, of course) are invited.

We just can't get enough!

Take a look at some awesome flash stories written by UFRN students from Currais Novos. The writers' advisor is Professor Jennifer Sarah Cooper, our partner in the Creative Writing project. We value your opinion, dear reader, so make sure you leave a comment, ok?

THE STALL

It’s 3am. Market Day. Vendors sleeping in the street begin to wake. One man called Biliard is sleeping on the sidewalk. At the fair there are many things to occupy people’s attention. They come to buy. To sell. To meet friends. There is loud music. And Giliard continues sleeping. At 11:00am Giliard wakes up. His stall has vanished. He asks everyone. Nobody has seen anything. He realizes that he has just lost his stall, but not the items in it. So, he takes his things. Puts them on a cart and this is the day Giliard sells everything.

Lidiane Cristina de Souza

GOSSIP

Late afternoon.  Groups of five or six gather on sidewalks to gossip. The neighborhood has a neighbor that cause trouble. She's cause trouble. It already fought with the neighbor of the front, attacking for  words. Since this day they do not talk one with the other. Gossip is always the main subject of these people. There is a lot of gossip since the privacy of its families of subjects as infidelity of couples. I think that these people could do something more important with their lives of what living gossiping. It is so good help to fellow creatures, living in harmony always.

Maria Suely Dantas Gomes

NOISY

My neighborhood is very noisy, because of people with intellect problems and alcoholics. They cause many disturbs, but sometimes they are funnys. There is a boy that live with her mother, she is divorce and she has a love affair with a married man. All the neighbors know of love affair, inclusively her son. He has problems intellect and all night is very noisy, because the boy shout in middle of street that the mother is girlfriend of married man. The situation is funny, because the married man live near, then is funny to see the labor for that the wife not suspect.

Ionara Monick Dias De Medeiros

AN EVENT SAD BUT TRUE

In my neighborhood there are many drug addicts, which the makes neighborhood dangerous. I Live life as God permits. I believe I will live there for a long time, but always safe at home.a few days, tried to break into my house late at night, I e my wife we were sleeping. The neighbors called the police, but nothing serious happened. The day after the attempt, I changed the locks and put grid in order to protect I and my wife, since we spend the day out, and come back home at night.

Dailton Santos

And the Oscar for Best Flash Fiction goes to...

Here are they; the authors of the best story this time, according to their own classmates and other ff readers on the web. Congrats, folks! Write on!

You’ll never be the same

9h03 am. I was supposed to be working like every other day, but instead I hear a big crash over my head. People cry, asking for help. I can’t see anything besides the endless number of bodies. The whole room smells like death. I try to move, I can’t. The rescue squad gets in, bringing hope to the faces around. One, two.. I can’t count anymore. Why are them going straight to the others while I'm still here? A voice on my mind: “it’s procedure giving attention to the ones you can still save...”

Do it again: vote for your favorite piece of flash fiction

Here's the latest flash fiction production we got from our students of Letras. Read it all and vote for the one you like better. We'll let the world know the names of the authors of the best story in a few days. Make sure you browse the blog again soon, then.

You’ll never be the same
9h03 am. I was supposed to be working like every other day, but instead I hear a big crash over my head. People cry, asking for help. I can’t see anything besides the endless number of bodies. The whole room smells like death. I try to move, I can’t. The rescue squad gets in, bringing hope to the faces around. One, two.. I can’t count anymore. Why are them going straight to the others while I'm still here? A voice on my mind: “it’s procedure giving attention to the ones you can still save...”

The shadow of a secret
“I love you like I never did before”. Denny whispered.“I also love you but my father would never allow us to be together!”. Khristie sighed. “My mother hates your family, specially your father. If she knew you’re carrying my baby she could even die of discontentment”. Someone screams. “Khristie, where are you? Please Don’t tell me you’re with that boy!”. “Your father! Our only opportunity to scape is now!” They ran away, moved to a country nearby and started a new life with their baby, totally unaware of the fact that they were siblings.

A Disturbing Discovery
She ran as fast as she could, screaming for help, but it wasn’t enough. The man grabbed her arm and pulled her closer, saying: “calm down, honey! I just want to remind you that you should never trust someone you’ve just met!”. Scared, she fiercely replied: “I don’t know you! Leave me alone! Let go of me!”. Then, the man, with watered eyes, answered: “It’s not your fault, honey... You can’t remember because you suffer from recent memory loss, that’s why I came back to warn you. Listen, Lisa, I’m your father!”. “Father!...How!?...You!??... Who are you?! Release me!”.

The Other
Are we alone, indeed?
It was midnight, she listened something tapping the door. She opened it but there was nothing. It knocked again. She opened it. He was there. She held him tight, kissed him. They came in. He took her hand and looking in her eyes, said: I am glad War is gone, I love you. She smiled and they were to bed. At morning he was not there. Late she received a letter telling her husband has died. She cried, when she looked into the mirror he was there. She realizes he’ll never let her alone.

Unforgettable dinner
He was smiling at her. “A date with the most handsome guy in the college. I’m so nervous! I feel like screaming!”, she said to herself. The guy was so romantic, he had prepared them shrimps for dinner. There was also champagne and chocolate cake for dessert. Suddenly, he kindly said: “I can’t wait anymore! I’m gonna kiss your lips now!” and when she kissed him for the first time, she felt butterflies in her belly and she thought: “maybe it wasn’t a good idea to eat those beans at lunch!” She realized that her son was shouting “I wanna see the butterflies mom!”.